Exclusive AAA games during first mac announcement event?

[Sartoria]

BG 3 at Ultra settings 1080p on M1 in this video at 6:45: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/tech-talks/10859/

That’s a good find, and quite impressive! Baldur’s Gate’s recommended specs for Macs to be able to play on high/ultimate settings is a 5500M, so that the M1 can seemingly achieve the same result as a 5500M is pretty awesome.

 

[diamond.g]

That’s a good find, and quite impressive! Baldur’s Gate’s recommended specs for Macs to be able to play on high/ultimate settings is a 5500M, so that the M1 can seemingly achieve the same result as a 5500M is pretty awesome.

I have reduced my resolution from 1050p to 900p, but the auto detect button has all the sliders at Ultra. I am averaging 20fps with weird drops in random places (for no apparent reason).

 

[UltimateSyn]

Kind of surprised that they didn't try to create more focus on the possibilities of Mac gaming going forward, but I suspect that may be a greater point of emphasis during the iMac & 16" MBP reveals because those GPUs are going to be ridiculous.

 

[diamond.g]

I have reduced my resolution from 1050p to 900p, but the auto detect button has all the sliders at Ultra. I am averaging 20fps with weird drops in random places (for no apparent reason).

So either my Mac is throttling, or this game doesn't utilize 100% of the GPU power. If it is the latter I don't know why there are drops in framerate.